Evidence of the existence of a factor that induces Fc receptors on bone
marrow cells
M Calcagno, JR Perez, MG Waldo, G Cabrera and B Weiss-Steider
The existence of a molecule responsible for the induction of Fc receptor
(FcR) on bone marrow cells (FcR inducer, FcRI) is demonstrated in
conditioned media from the macrophage-like cell line WR19M.1 activated by
bacterial lipopolysaccharides. The molecular weight obtained from molecular
sieving chromatography in gel and density gradient sedimentation is found
to be 18,500 daltons and 16,000 daltons, respectively, with an isoelectric
pH of 7.4. The factor is found to be thermolabile and trypsin sensitive.
The macrophage and granulocyte inducer (MGI), also known as
colony-stimulating factor (CSF) or colony-stimulating activity (CSA), is
identified from the same source and found to have a molecular weight and an
isoelectric pH different from FcRI. The fractions that contained the MGI
did not induce FcR on bone marrow cells, while the fractions rich in FcRI
did not induce colony formation.
Volume 59,
Issue 4,
pp. 756-760,
04/01/1982
Copyright © 1982 by The American Society of Hematology